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HAMMITT Bob From: WHITLOW Dave A To: HAMMITT Bob Subject: RE: Scobert Park Date: Monday, May 12, 1997 8:10AM I am meeting with police folks tomorrow to draft our response to the committee, and will discuss this. I am also concerned we are heading for an explosion here. From: HAMMITT Bob To: WHITLOW Dave A; ANDERSEN Chris F Subject: FW: Scobert Park Date: Monday, May 12, 1997 5:53AM For your info. Bob From: MORGAN Dick A To: HAMMITT Bob Cc: ETTER John F Subject: Scobert Park Date: Friday, May 09, 1997 1 1:20AM Bob, the activity in Scobert Park is on the rise! There was another stabbing this last wednesday night (5/7) with another one about three blocks away the same night. The drinking problem is increasing with people going into the shrub beds at the back of the park and into the east side shrub bed. The plant material is already showing signs of trampling. Food not Bombs is giving food away every thursday and Friday at about 3pm. The police are hesitant to enforce the need for a Restraunt license to disburse food from the stand point that the City might look bad for preventing an organization from helping the homeless! Plus there would probably be a major confrontation with the Icky's crowd. I have a call into Larry Morris in facilities to look at getting a motion detecting light put into the sounteast area of the park. As I suspected Bob Emmons wanting to have a meeting was regarding the possibilty of getting a simulated wrought iron fence around the landscaped areas to prevent access into those areas. My rough guess is that a fence along the path all the way around the park would cost some where between $12,000 - $15,000 (about $25 per lineal foot)! The problem is not going to go away. In my opionion the only real answer will be a major enforcement effort by DPS. Page 1